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Ukraine. that only happened so long as it was safe to do so, so long as there was no risk of encounter with russian forces. do they continue the flights? that's what we're looking for. the u.s. says putin acted as was expected when it was expected. the question now, is this the beginning or just the justification for a wider invasion? that's what many officials here believe and that's what they're looking for as they monitor continued russian movement. a reminder on 48, it was 40 to 50% of russian ground troops around ukraine already in attack position. so he was ready for this. >> certainly i...

President biden said about putin's decision. >> reporter: and do you have any indication about whether or not president putin made a decision to invade? do you feel he was confident to have made that decision already? >> as of this moment i'm convinced he's made the decision. we have reason to believe that. >> reporter: you are convinced that president putin is planning to invade ukraine, is that what you just said a few moments ago? >> yes. >> reporter: is diplomacy off the table then. >> no. until he does, diplomacy is always a possibility. >> reporter: what reason do you have to believe he ...

To that a little while from now, you see the picture at the bottom of the screen. what would it be like for the pentagon receiving the satellite imagery, how aggressively is the pentagon trying to track down every movement to determine when those -- when the troops may be moved into attack position considering this wednesday, the 16th day, zelensky is now citing? >> they know a realtime. when they see this, they have realtime feeds inside the pentagon. they can pull it up or the computer screens there and the national military command center would see it as well, they will see that realtime. t...

After, and he said that assessment is based on intelligence, and showing that half of russia's forces around ukraine are now in the attack position. secretary of state lloyd austin traveling to lithuania saying that they are prepared to engage. what you have seen engage in the last few weeks or days is that they are telegraphing what they have seen putin's moves, and the intentions they believe the moves that he is take, and you have seen the moves of that clarity put out into the universe. this was yesterday. take a listen. >> we are doing everything in our power to remove any reason that rus...

The one thing that has to happen is putin has to tell his commanders go. and until he says go, they won't go but boy, they are ready to go, clear listening to john kirby. >> trace: seems we are playing a game of semantics here, general. the pentagon and the state department have both said they are not in attack position but they have also said they are certainly gathering and massing at the ukrainian border which to everybody in the world seems like an attack position. what's the fine line that we are not seeing here? >> well, you really are seeing it, trace, when you look at some visuals out ...